#46B6DB#46B6DB

#46B6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46B6DB
RGB	rgb(70, 182, 219)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(195, 68%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 16.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -20.04, -27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 34.31, 234.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0816 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.113 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0347, 39.8689, 73.0113)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46B6DB #DB6B46

analogous

#46DBB5 #46B6DB #466CDB

triadic

#46B6DB #DB46B6 #B6DB46

tetradic

#46B6DB #B546DB #DB6B46 #6CDB46

square

#46B6DB #B546DB #DB6B46 #6CDB46

split-complementary

#46B6DB #DB466C #DBB546

monochromatic

#1B708B #2599BF #46B6DB #79CAE5 #ACDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#46B6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#46B6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #46B6DB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46B6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##46B6DB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46b6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 182, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcce6',
    500: '#46b6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46b6db;
$custom-light: #8bcce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46b6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.899,
    "s": 67.421,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46B6DB

secondary

#DDAFA0

accent

#683DEA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #46B6DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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